Driving mechanism for butter-working rolls



June 24, 1930. c, HOUGLAND 1,766,176

DRIVING MECHANISM FOR BUTTER WORKING ROLLS Original Filed Dec.'22, 1927 attomwm churn;5layThese1rolls are provided witha'xiall dri i g: h'z tsdfifi '17 ian ---18 resp ively whi h; ex en -tjl "ug t 'eii 011 :1 3 be 1 Patented June 19 30 VYMINNESOTA, or ST -Q IPA UL,'MINNESO'IA A com onem on or tnNNEsoTA v n'p ii s ci fifii ii beei be g2, ieszseri l No; 241,344. Reriewed ay-'10, 519301 7.

i '7 inventioii're1etesito'chur1is and particularly to thedriving'inechanism for .but-

ter Working "-roll's of the large or v commercial type-of churns; It is} my Ohject to facilihate 5 ass mblin such churns and nia king adj ust-- i merits thereon such 'as' thosei-requ'ired vto com- I j p'enssteifor weafbetween theybutter working rolls" and drive sh'spft' and to 1 generally 'im prove the construction and arrangement of the drivingmechanism 5 Thisinyention also includ s certain other novelifeatures' of' con struction which will b fmore'ffully pointed out in thef followingspe'cification and claims 7 Referring to the drawings; Which{ il1i1s V trate' one foriiiofmyfiriveptioh,iFigure 1 is a icen'tratl' longitudinal; 1 section" through" the driving end of a churn showing my invention thereon; F ig; 2- is an'enlztrged deteil of my" improvements in verti'cal section; Fig,

' 3' is a fragmentary: elifd View of the .drive shafts 'for 'thefbi'itter workin grolls together withitheirfsupports and 16g; 4' is a detail I elevation-"(Stone ofthe drive; gears end shaft;

V I 'In' thedrttwings I have usedthe r -lumerialf 5"to indio'ate a large cylindrical churn adapt ed-"to be: rotated upon a horizontal axis and keys 24 v thereof;

having an end'wzjtlliorhead fif Mou'rited'upon fthef'o'uter surface ofthe ien'd 'G ise-I rge ring gear 7 which is concentric withfltheaxis of the churn and mnge jt0 be;d ivenb a V piiiion 8 {to' rotate; the ch'urn about its axis.

II tegraI With'the ring gearl.7, 'al ldfili spaced QifOrme'd with a flarge hiihf for'ioperatingthe pinion Bueeriwdrking 6 .howniconst uc onare mounte iw h rend 5 ihi iis imt l iferrulegw s res i @1116 and"ithis"ferriile' is formed. J'-

m ny hold the bearing in place bymea n's of a setfscrew'26; "Thela-tter set 'sc rew-extends 1: re hoiia'bleWiththeshaft l7,"asf\ v ell 7 e1 t dii e y dili b e i t epp r w en s andt ew afirmmw ma ing us] As the drive'shzi ft's 1'6 and '18 i are identical only [one will be described in deta'iL' Thus as shown in Fig. 2 the-drive shaft: 161% a bearing 21in thehe'adfiandl s ano'ther bearing'22 in the spider 9.: Between the bearings 21 and 22 the shaft 16 isffitte'd" wlth' a drive-gear 23,being connectedther'earcuate slotxin theshaft '16 and projects from s the periphery of said shaftinto a 'longitudinal keyway in the gear hub; To retain the gear 23 against longitudinal sliding-move meriti poh-the sha-ftQIG I provide. a setscrew 25 extend1ngthrough1the-hub of the'gearand lm mging at its I inner end against sai'dkeyL. To permit withdrawalofthe'shaft 16"with esl" the key 24 np1aee therein; I make thebeelrj ilig 22 removable ,from the spider, 9 and nor-f,

throughian outwardlyiprojectinghubon,

thespider iThe heztrings-22 are'softihetal 7 parts ofsleeve shapeWith-their'outeriperiph cries of sufiiciently leirgedime'ter Ltopermit wi hdmwai of-the shafts s; end-18 withthe i the churn the bearings 21 areeprovided with projecti g f reins, -the? 1 i royprev hpieskagesi, brin mm; from g SO fglands 2' 7 and suitable compressible I spacking' 28.ljThis packiiigimajr be'l ibricated 5 v I gland 27 rheaem ngs se z "for hese r' 2 m b t j'e' w rk n' i l 1 1s: P QY dj d wi h a1gear3O in 3 the space betweeii the spider I '9) anld l 8 ff The shaft 17 ilso projectsthrough;

a :i angejd to be "di'iven by" a chain 33 frond a" sprocket wheel 84 uponthe shaft 12. A stutable clutch 35 is provided to connect and dis Connect the sproeketwhee1'34 and shaft 17 In power is applied tothe' shaft 7 rolls are to I -moved to connect the sprocket wheel '34 with v theshaftlZ and thus drive the shaft 17 V -1 throughthe'chain'33 and sproeket'whe'e13 2.

- keys 2%}; to the gear: 30, rotates said ig'e'ar and the butter working iroll; l. As will! be eadiIy nnderstood, the butter Working irolls {-13 2G and are driven through the. gears .80 and. 23 land shafts 16andl8j-resp eetively.4 It-is to b'e further;-nnderstood that; in operation the oi ter' faeeso-f th 1 hubs'ofthe' gears 233K 61 3@{Vabi 1t ag ainst the; inner fsnrfao'esi of; the

and 31=lto retain the-tapered ends I 1 in firm engagement Withlthe butter work ingroHsg. I

r After 7 continued use, ei? may oceur; lee- H tweengtheferrul'es 19 and tape ediendsZO-ef '1 hearings and; 3 1', longi- @6 6? with; e

I-fiit becomes: necessary tii dinally I inward 1rte;removealrolll'o "its difive geam asfolgree "paifsior; oth ei wise th or. 26% aremerely Io-osene e f set" se 'ews 253 and 26 d l; Now the" Shane togethel fwith the ke and heaiyings 22' and 31; the spiderl' 9 -T is,a1so; releases the butter Now these drive gears: may be readin'gioHs and d V8,;Shafts?maiz heasseinbled a V -b yreversing the: 4 V perationahov'e: described? 2-331 1 1e he ere'1y"ti ghtened o pre entlongitudinal gmoiieinent s elatifv e to their'geaisandito-gnetaingthe b rin s'ee-sana the spider} Thusth se ti v nt nr grea y f ci t se m:

ad ustm nt ioif a a 5 e w i .Having fdeserihed inyention :what elairnas new des to protect hy Lietters 1 a d-five}shaftflfor said element. and a ill l rrt r eio th u rtheie mg 'bi x e qn eff 12: for turning the-churn through the inion '8' and ringgean'Y; When the biittei working be operated the clutch 3521s v element, a V

a support for said shaft \moun ted in vspaced r the outer: sinr faeeof the churn,- 30 the combin'a'tionof an=end'of -said driveishaft r adapted to engage said elementfor; daziwing Y J V ,7 thesam w drive gear:monnfed on saidxshaft The shaft 17 heingf connected by one-of the f herd v fi 'fo' th ,lif werk i gir l 'workingfjrolls and driving, gears 23 ly f fl w d b we lii hfiflr Oft Pi i i 4611p ehurn hav 'n AS WiHTbe-Teadiljpnnde stood thebutteronk" a g' support for? said shaf artsseenre the set's erewsj "combihdfib of 7 h d i e s'aid" driife shaf taadapted to ngage i mountedion-{sai-d' V V v and outeriwall of the, eh1irn} means; opera- 7 t' iyeljf cdnneeting' said=gearand hait memov "ahlegme'ansjonpreventingilongi mentofisaithgean omsaid an 611 mm fofthe 'oii er feee of said gear o" aid} butment b'eing adjost my iiel a't'ive fo -said shaft, otii'inglsaid v 51in gtheiehni'ns as Well aslnakingifepeirsand js onfior saidjshaftdisposedin spaedtela- .7

neans '0 the] ihiiel end of :said 6 engage lelementrfg udi ia'llyk tapered; en

for preventing longitudinal movement of 1 saidgear on said;shaft;a rernovahle bearing I- j 61 said sha'ft in' sald'sup'port'and' removable means for retaimng sald bearing-1n SflldSllpi port, sa1d bearing being formed to'permit 1011,

in p1aoe-tHereon;- d

E2. In a churn hayingih a butterv Working driveshaft 1961*S element and gitudina-l removal of saidishaft with'sai dfkey f relation to betweensaidjsupport and otter Slil'fibCB'Of -the I conneeting -saidwgeaf ,and shaft, 1 aq stjsorew" 1 ananged ;in-said hubqtorpi vemfi longitudinal V mo ement of, sa gear om said f'shaft; as re inovableibeavingi in said 'support and a,"; set i serew-a nranged to retain}Saidbearingfifisaidgo' siipportg said beaningbeingfol ined tokpefimit i longitudinalfiremovabofisaid shafit With-said j aasuppont for saidi shait dis'posed -inspjaeed relatioli totheouten sunfa'cegofthe'chuin,-the j eoinbination of means the- -inner end of saididrifx' e shafibiadapted te engage 'saidxe'jlee 5:10? 'me'ne-forturnmgjthesame-m-d1 ive=g a dishaift between said;- s'upjo'ort minted. on sai and-"outer wailioithehnrfi means-6 eratwe V V i t i i1 -';oonnec tin ljsaid eaifandshafti'emovabl 416.117and 18 n1ayhe relnovediromthe churn y g g means for pireventin g-flongi-tudinal gmdviment from removing; said support men's, a drife: sh "it for" said-3 element and? a V relation to the dnjt-e'fsur d sil plio Ion nt-enis fi i p I Thecombmatio e zthgea ve shait i feline, d th 'elen ent 3.3

:buttenwonkiiig sag-Z1 0 7 formed with SOeket toiemovably receive said end. 'i'

6. The combination specified in claim 2 in' which the hub on' said gear normally abuts againsttheinneh surface of the bear'ing for the shaft in said support a'jndsaid bearing --is adjustable longitudinally relative to said shaft.

V In testimony whereof, I have l iereul ito it signed my name to this specification."

ALBERT HOU GLAND. 

